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    El último judío

    By Noah Gordon

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    El viaje iniciático de un judío en la España de la Inquisición.

    España. Siglo XV. Cuando Yonah es separado de los únicos miembros de su familia que quedan con vida, se ve forzado a abandonar su hogar en búsqueda de un nuevo lugar donde poder establecerse sin tener que renunciar a sus creencias.

    Contrario a la conversión e involucrado además en la investigación del robo de reliquias, inicia un largo periplo por la España de la Inquisición, durante el cual deberá recurrir a su ingenio para salvaguardar su secreto. Los cambios continuos de identidad y de oficio serán duros de encajar, pero las dificultades no harán sino forjar su personalidad y reafirmar sus orígenes. Desde sus días de pobreza y soledad hasta sus últimos años como reputado médico, seguimos la vida de este extraordinario personaje y de un no menos interesante periodo histórico, en el que las traiciones e intrigas estaban a la orden del día.
    El viaje iniciático de Yonah le sirve a Noah Gordon, autor de El médico y La bodega, como eje central de una novela que, a modo de tapiz, abarca desde la descripción minuciosa de los acontecimientos históricos y el análisis de la compleja convivencia entre judíos y cristianos, hasta la disección de la vida interior de un hombre sometido a unas circunstancias excepcionales.

    LanguageEspañol
    PublisherRoca editorial
    Release dateApr 28, 2011
    ISBN9788499183046
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    El último judío
    Author

    Noah Gordon

    Noah Gordon has had outstanding international success, selling in Germany alone more than eight million copies of his trilogy The Physician, Shaman, and Matters of Choice. The Society of American Historians awarded him the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Shaman as the best historical novel of 1991/1992.  He was also voted "Novelist of the Year" by the readers of the Bertelsmann Book Club, and twice, in 1992 and 1995, he won the Silver Basque Prize for Spain's bestselling book. An earlier book, The Rabbi, was on the New York Times Bestseller list for 26 weeks.  Noah Gordon lives with his wife in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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    • 5/5
      I have been a big fan of historical fiction ever since reading Gary Jenning's Aztec in high school. At its best, historical fiction is educational allowing the reader to experience an alien culture or different place, or a past epoch. In the case of The Last Jew you experience late 15th and early 16th Century medieval Spain during the Inquisition. The last Jew is Yonah Toledeno who remains true to his religion even after the murder of his brother and father, the expulsion of the remainder of his family and other Jews or their forced conversion. The Last Jew follows Yonah from the beginning of his quixotic (a word derived from that classic Spanish novel, Don Quixote) journey through Spain beginning at age fifteen and follows his life and travels up until his marriage and the birth of his son in his mid thirties. It is a tale of horrible cruelty and oppression in the face of an intolerant society. Would that the world had matured in all these centuries into a place more enlightened. Sadly, it has not. The Last Jew is a worthwhile read for those who wish to remain true to themselves in the face of incredible adversity. It is a great and exciting read.
    • 4/5
      One thing that was striking about this book was the sense of dread, fear and inevitability you felt about the main character, always waiting for him to be exposed as a Jew and rooting for him not to be turned in to the Inquisition. This book was set in the time frame when the convivencia era of Spain was turning to one of intolerance and expulsion of all Jews. This is a period o, and have visited some of the places mentioned, so I really enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      [The Last Jew] takes place in the late 1400's in Spain which is under the control of the Inquisition. The protagonist of the story, Helkiah Toledano (Yonah) sees his family murdered as he makes an escape. The book is very rich in detail of the Church, the Inquisition, and the day to day lives of those living at this time. The story is a "good" story and holds ones interest until about 3 chapters from the end where the story hurriedly becomes sappy and predictable, ending like a fairytale
    • 5/5
      Although I know very little about the Inquisition and do not have a strong historical background, I found this book interesting and thought-provoking. This is basically a survival story. Yonah learns to survive physically, mentally, and spiritually against huge odds. At times, I felt he was a bit "over the top" with his ability to adapt so easily and become a master metalsmith and then a physician, but undoubtedly, there are individuals who do succeed in many diverse areas. Yonah was smart and talented. Equally important, his family background provided him with a sense, not of entitlement, but one of obligation to do his best, taking care of himself and those around him. As interesting as he is as a main character, the individuals around him are also remarkable in that they are so human and are formed and reformed by the circumstances they find themselves in.Overall, this is a good read. I would highly recommend it to any lover of historical fiction.
    • 5/5
      Excelente libro, 100% recomendado, me atrapó en su historia desde principio a finn
    • 4/5
      [The Last Jew] takes place in the late 1400's in Spain which is under the control of the Inquisition. The protagonist of the story, Helkiah Toledano (Yonah) sees his family murdered as he makes an escape. The book is very rich in detail of the Church, the Inquisition, and the day to day lives of those living at this time. The story is a "good" story and holds ones interest until about 3 chapters from the end where the story hurriedly becomes sappy and predictable, ending like a fairytale
    • 4/5
      Gordon's scathing denunciation of prejudice and its effects, couched in a moving narrative. Yonah, a young Jew in 15th century Spain, is forced to flee his home of Toledo after his brother and father, the latter a talented silversmith, are killed in what we'd call a pogrom which followed Ferdinand and Isabella's infamous Order of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. Yes, THOSE monarchs! Yonah, through his life, holds on to his religion and stays one step ahead of the horrible Inquisition. He represents himself as a Christian under an assumed name, Ramón. The novel recounts his flight, his years of manual [and menial] labor as farm hand, seaman, and shepherd. He finally apprentices himself to an armorer. Each time, some incident forces him to keep on the move. He finally ends up in Saragossa, and becomes a physician. Can he maintain his integrity and his false identity? The novel gave me a lot to think about, which might be simplistic--why are men prejudiced in matters of religion? To me it is a matter of one's personal belief--a matter of faith--and should be respected. I got a feeling for the times at which the story took place, through the author's vivid descriptions. The action seemed too fortuitous and on occasion contrived; Yonah would meet just the right person at the right time. The author's research into the period was thorough--conducted mainly through interviews with and help of people mentioned in the extensive Acknowledgements. The maps of Yonah's journey from Toledo and to Saragossa on the endpapers were invaluable.